Northwest Snow Strangles Roads Across the Region
A sweeping cold wave blankets the Northwest with deep snow and record low temperatures. Athena reports 19 inches on the ground, the deepest since 1921, while roads from Portland to LaGrande and beyond suffer closures and snowdrifts.
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Athena
Mississippi River
Bureau
Northwest
Oregon Trail
Portland
LaGrande
Pilot Rock-Ukiah
Pilot Rock-Heppner
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Wild Horse Market
Adams- Thorn Hollow Market
Super Pictures At Standard Theatre Schedule Change
Standard Theatre cancels Sunday night shows in February due to bad roads. Beginning March 3, Sunday shows resume with The Docks of New York starring George Bancroft and Betty Compson. March features include The King of Kings and Uncle Tom's Cabin with The Man Who Laughs and Varsity. Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe, and Ralph Graves appear in Alias The Deacon on opening night.
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Standard Theatre
New York
George Bancroft
Betty Compson
Super Pictures
Jean Hersholt
June Marlowe
Ralph Graves
Broadway
Alias the Deacon
Divorce suit filed against former deputy sheriff De Hart
Bettye DeHart, county treasurer, began a circuit court divorce suit Saturday alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The complaint cites a strained relation with Herman DeHart and names Grace Linden as part of the context. Raley, Raley and Warner are listed as attorneys for the plaintiff.
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Herman de Hart
Bettye DeHart
Thompson Elected President of Umatilla County Health Association
8 R Thompson of Pendleton was elected president of the Umatilla County Health Association at a Saturday meeting attended by about 100 members at the Umatilla County Courthouse. Mrs Homer I Watts was elected vice president representing Athena.
Schrimpsher Pleads Guilty In Wheat Theft Case
Harry Schrimpsher pleaded guilty in circuit court on a wheat theft charge. The court indicated sentencing would be postponed until February 7.
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Schrimpsher
Harry Schrimpsher
Athena High Triumphs Over Weston in Home Court Win
Athena High powered past Weston 17 to 11 on its home floor as Myrick led with nine points. The Athena grade team beat Weston graders 20 to 4, and a later main event saw Athena defeat MacHi 15 to 11 after a strong third quarter.
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Pike” Miller
Athena High School
Weston High School
Athena
Weston
Athena High
Walter Huffiman
Mac Hi
Mr. Vancil
Myrick
Cowboys Prove Heroes In Breaking Snow Trail
A Salmon River family faced a blizzard as 11 year old Marcie Aram suffered acute appendicitis. Cowboys and stockmen pushed through 10 foot drifts to transport her toward Cottonwood, Idaho for emergency surgery, completing the journey after midnight Friday. The girl was operated on Saturday and believed to recover.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Salmon River
Marcie Aram
James Aram
Here
Cottonwood
Aram
Rice Creek Valley
Dentist Dr C H Lash Fatally Shoots Self in Portland
Dr C H Lash a Portland dentist shot himself in the right temple at his home 491 Beech Street and died en route to a hospital. He had earlier practiced in Athena and left behind a widow and two children.
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C. H. Lash
Portland
Beech Street
Lash
Athena
Cowan
H. H. Hill
Miss Ramsay
Hill
Dr. Lash
Baker Newspapers Consolidated Under New Ownership
Bernard Mainwaring and Lucien P. Avant purchase the Baker Morning Democrat and Baker Evening Herald from Ralph M. Mitchell for about $38,000. The two papers will merge under the name Descoret-Hereld.
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Baker Newspapers
Baker Morning Democrat
Pacific Northwest
Bernard Mainwaring
Milton Eagle
Lucien P. Avant
Baker Evening Herald
Ralph M. Mitchell
Portland Journal of Commerce
Descoret-Hereld
University of Oregon faces strain from rising enrollment
Alumni show that from 1920 to 1928 student load rose 88.4 percent while millage income increased only 12.1 percent and 94 percent enrollment growth is projected for the current year, risking reduced instruction quality without new funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
University of Oregon
Ince
Feed the Game In Umatilla Birds Starve Without Help
Pheasants and partridges across Umatilla County face starvation as deep snow prevents foraging. The public note cites urgent need for food, with only Jens Jensen Henry Miller and a few locals distributing grain to aid nearby birds.
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Umatilla
Jens Jensen
Henry Miller
Louis Keen
Ross Payne
Adams Defeats Helix Griswold 32 to 20 in Close Game
Adams high school edged Griswold high school of Helix 32 to 20 in a league basketball encounter. Athena is scheduled to play Adams at Adams in the near future.
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Adams
Griswold High School
Helix
Athena
Farm Home of Lieuallen Destroyed by Fire
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lieuallen was completely destroyed by fire last Friday evening. The blaze started in the upper story and spread rapidly, leaving little behind including furniture clothing and household goods. The couple lived on the old Lacourse place south of Adams. This marks a second farm house lost to fire in the Adams community this winter following the Morrison residence loss.
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Francis Lieuallen
Lieuallen
Lacourse Place
Adams
G. M. Morrison
Snow Depth Report at Tollgate and Road Drift Problems
Five feet of snow was reported at Tollgate before the latest heavy fall likely increasing depth. The five feet may be below the normal seasonal amount. In the cultivated region lower down large drifts hinder travel and automobiles cannot be used.
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Weston
Tollgate
Minstrels Set to Illuminate Pendleton Theater Night
Pendleton Lodge presents the Elk's Minstrels at Rivoli Theatre February 6 with a 60 member cast. A high energy show promises southern melodies, Broadway hits, jokes with kick and skits from home talent. Notables include Buck Buchanan Jer ard Olsen Dickson Kimball and Elmer Storie with Pozegar dancing.
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Pendleton
Rivoli Theatre
Pendleton Lodge
Elk's Minstrels
Buck” Buchanan
Mistah Bert Jerard
Brothah Ed
Ole) Olsen
Massa Brooke Dickson
Nat Kimball
Elmer Storie
Eight Honor Students For Entire Semester At Athena High
Athena High announces eight students on the honor roll for the first semester. Seniors Alberta Charlton. junior Beatrice Hiteman. sophomores Bertha Hansell Stafford Hansell. freshmen Marjorie Douglas Betty Eager Mildred Hansell Goldie Miller earned straight B grades in all regular subjects. Marjorie Douglas had the highest grades overall with mostly A’s. Additional students earned honor roll status for individual six week periods: first six weeks Carl Calvert Alberta Charlton Marjorie Douglas Betty Eager Mildred Hansell Kathryn Kidder Goldie Miller Bertha Price. second six weeks Alberta Charlton Marjorie Douglas Mildred Hansell Stafford Hansell Beatrice Hiteman Bertha Price. third six weeks Alberta Charlton Marjorie Douglas Betty Eager Mildred Hansell Stafford Hansell Goldie Miller Bertha Price.
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Athena High
Alberta Chariton
Beatrice Hiteman
Bertha Price
Stafford Hansell
Marjorie Douglas
Betty Eager
Mildred Hansell
Goldie Miller
Marjorie
Carl Calvert
Alberta Charlton
Kathryn Kidder
Holstein and Guernsey Herds Show Strong Butter Fat Yields
The Coppeck Dairy Herd segment notes high year records with T H Haddox Hermiston Holstein herd averaging 438.1 lbs butter fat per cow and A R Coppeck Adams averaging 439.9 lbs. The Coppock Guernsey herd, briefly featuring a Holstein cow, produced 694 lbs butter fat totaling 833 lbs butter for the top cow.
Fuel supplies ease in Athena after coal deliveries
Two additional coal carloads arrived in Athena over the weekend improving the fuel situation. Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co received a carload on Saturday and Farmers' Grain Elevator got its second carload in a week on Sunday, substantially reducing empty coal bins.
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Athena
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company
Farmers’ Grain Elevator Company
Cattle Rustlers Target Lower Klamath Basin
Local cattle owners Fred and Dan Liskey report 28 Duroc Jersey hogs killed and lifted into an enclosed area by motorized rustlers in the lower Klamath basin. The attack mirrors earlier methods used in similar thefts in the region.
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Klamath Falls
Lower
Klamath Basin
Fred
Dan Liskey
Umatilla Solons Debate Dower and Courtesy Bills
Salem report notes two bills by Representative James H. E. Scott of Umatilla County propose extending dower and courtesy rights to personal property, a shift from current law limited to real property. The move prompts debated opinions and possible hardship relief for heirs with no real property.
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Oregonee Reporting Service
Salem
Oregon
James H. E. Scott
Umatilla
Scott
Studying The Habits Of Hungarian Partridge
The State Game Commission researchers note Hungarian partridges mate for life in theory but farm superintendent Gene Simpson cites several known divorces. Each year all birds are grouped, females select mates, and once paired each couple is kept in a separate pen with the male helping to rear the brood if the female dies.
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State Game Commission
Gene Simpson
Reward Offered by Walla Walla County Board in Brooks Murder
The Walla Walla County Commission proposes a $600 reward to help capture and convict the murderer of attorney John W. Brooks, slain December 9 by a masked intruder at his home. The board delayed action until the sheriff requested action.
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Walla Walla County
John W. Brooks
Freewater Bank Sale Unites Milton and Freewater Branches
The sale of the Bank of Freewater to First National of Milton is complete. Freewater will liquidate assets and retire, while First National expands with a Freewater branch, uniting banking services in adjacent cities under one management.
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Freewater Bank
Bank of Freewater
Ore
First National of Milton
First National Bank of Milton
Freewater
Adams Area Students Attend Athena Ados Grade School and High School Games
A number of Adams residents gathered Tuesday evening to watch athletic events between Athena Adams grade schools and Athena high school versus McLattyhlin High School.
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Adams
Athena-Adams
Athena High
MitcLattyhlin High Sci
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Dr. C. H. Lash
Harry Camden
Pandora
Ewnmer
Eugene Reguler
Solons
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Norvell
J. S. Norvell
Umatilla County
St. Agnes
Oregon City
Baby
Christy
Oswego
House of Representatives
J. H. E. Scott
Fred A. Kiddle
Morrow
Union
Kiddle
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